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AMERICAN LONDON'S AIR
URGES
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 19, 1940
BULLITT SOUNDS A
U.S. TO DEFENDERS BEAT WARNING
JOIN WAR
"Canada, I salute you. You have cast out doubt and fear," declared Col. Henry Breckinridge, As-
sistant Secretary of War
in
THE NAZI BOMBERS
BRITAIN'S FIGHTER PLANES WERE STILL President Wilson's IN ACTION LAST EVENING HAVING RECEIV- Great War Cabinet, in ED LITTLE RESPITE IN A DAY OF MASS Ottawa yesterday. RAIDS, CHIEFLY CONCENTRATED IN THE
"My, hope for my own coun-SOUTH. try is that the United States may
statement in the course' of a
Invitation of the Canadian|
STATE
CONTROL OF INDUSTRY
(SPÉCIAL TO "CHINA "MAIL") State .control over all
-
Mr. William Bullitt, U.S. Ambassador to France, urged that every aid be sent to Britain, for the protection of the Unit- ed States, addressing a mass meeting in Philadel phia yesterday.
He said America's peril was as great as that of France a year.
ago.
Mr. Bullitt urged Americans to felegraph their Congressmen and to write to their newspapers de-. manding conscription for the United States and the despatch of fold-age American destroyers to
Britain.
The "agents of the Dictators” a are already here, he said, pre- paring the way for their, armies in the same way as they pre- pared in France.
draw its sword for freedom and The air raid sirens were sounded in Lon humanity."
Col. Breckinridge, made his don when enemy bombers attacked Kent and nationwide broadcast at the Surrey, and bombs are reported to have been Director of Public Information. dropped over a wide area in these counties. He said the self-interest,, in- An Air Ministry communique describes
Mr. Bullitt painted a grim pic- tions in the Western Hemisphere how shortly after mid-day, a large number of vided in a "law on the pro-British Navy goes under."
French industries is pro-ture of the future of the United States and the Americas. "If the and give the British unstinted enemy aircraft, in three successive waves, visional organisation of Fighting Line Near
"If America sleeps and Bri-crossed the south-east coast and attempted industrial tain falls, America will wake to penetrate the defences of London.
telligence and courage of all na-
should follow Canada's example
aid.
to its doom.
"The world cannot survive
batteries.
the anti-aircraft
half slave and half free. Hitler They were at once engaged by knows that and had relentlessly Spitfires and pursued his ravaging race to destroy the last citadels of free- dom."-Reuter.
BARGER AND CO.
After little
over an hour's fighting, the enemy 'planes were driven off and were in retreat across the North Sea and English. Channel.
Two Nazl bombers, attempt-
.
production" All Europe,
he declared, in-
published in the official cluding Britain and Eire, would become one economic unit, con- Gazette in Vichy yester-trolled from Berlin, with the re- sult that many countries of Latin ing to escape, ran into Spitfires day.
|America would come under a de- which are reported to have shot
Aiming to assure "discipline" in grèe of Nazi control. down one of them, the other last all branches of industrial activity, "The fighting line and the way being seen barely a thousand special "organisation committees" for enslavement of the human feet high with British fighters representing the State, employers spirit is nearing our shores.
Our hanging on to it tail.
and employees, will coordinate fate and the fate of our children There are unconfirmed reports production in every branch of in- depends on what each one of us It is known that some bombs of other Nazi losses, and it is un-dustry under direct control of the does now."-Reuter. were dropped in Kent and the derstood that four other raiders Minister of Industrial Production
S uth Lon
were brought down in the London and Labour. don, while other raids were made area-one by a fighter before the The law provides, as a pre- (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") in various district in Hampshire, attack started.
paratory measure, the immediate Evert Barger, Philip Wright Here 'too, there were sharp dog-| Bombs jettisoned by a pursued dissolution of all labour and em- and Michael Sullivan, members of fights.
Nazi 'plane fell in three roads,ployers unions working on a nu- the British relief commission, ar-
There were no casualties, but tibnal scale, meaning the virtual rived in Chungknig recently after
there was considerable damage to disappearance both of the French] Confederation of Labour and large employers organisations.
REACH CHUNGKING neighbourhood of
Jettisoned Bombs
Very High
an overland trip from Ningpo. Machine-gun bullets fell into private property. They inspected hospitals on the the roadways in South London way and intend to join the Inter- while the fights between the national Red Cross in Kweiyang, raiders and British fighters pro-
Havas.
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A reporter who watched the raid on the London area at close quarters, telephoned that the first raiders passed overhead #ying at between 25,000 and 30,000 feet.
Only the occasional refidction of the sunshine on their wings
revealed their presence engines People in the neighbourhood quickly realised that a raid was in progress and took shelter.
British, fighters were
CHUNGMING WAR ON
PROFITEERS
[SPECIAL TO. “CHINA. MAIL!'] ANOTHER AND DRASTIC
The law also empowers the! State to requisition all stocks of if the national in- any goods terest requires. With agricul- tural production lready vir- tually under govern..lent control, STEP WAS TAKEN IN CHUNG- KING YESTERDAY AGAINST the new law places France's
PROFITEERS WHEN THE EXE- economy on a planned basis.
(CUTIVE YUAN PASSED A DE-
ING OF FOODSTUFFS AND
Controlled Economy" CREE FORBIDDING THE STOR- Commenting on the new law, M. DAILY COMMODITIES ABOVE Belin, Minister of Industrial Pro- THE FIXED QUOTAS.
Another factor which is expect-
duction and Labour, said yester-
already day that free trade was gradually ed to check profiteering and bring going into action. For a time they disappearing, all over the world, down prices is the opening of department stores were engaged in battle. Then the giving way.
to State-controlled seven chain drone of the engines faded into economic systems.
selling necessities below market the south and it was obvious that He added: "This is not a new price. the German raiders had turned fact for economic production has Other shops, managed by the- Įtail having failed to reach
Social Affairs
the Bureau of their always been more or less con- objective.
trolled but in the past it was a Chungking municipal government, After fifteen minutes, bombers question of profit. Now we will are dealing in rice, fuel, cotton
Havas. were seen again and began to try and control economy in the cloth etc.
bomb nearby. As the bombs ex-common interests for the benefit ploded, all the houses a wide area of the country and the national Jaround were shaken by their de-interests." Havas. Itonation and the vibration of!
the answering ack-ack guns.
Flights Of Twelve
Again the Nazi 'planes made off
CLIPPER HELD-UP BY TYPHOON
TO THE LAST BRITON!
and isolated raiders chased by British fighters became visible.
Another reporter in the south- The "Honolulu Clipper" which UNDER THE HEADING "THAT FRENCHMAN," THE eastern area said the raiders came was scheduled to arrive in Hong LAST over in formations of twelve Kong to-morrow afternoon from NEW YORK "TIMES" COM- 'planes each, all flying very high. Manila and San Francisco has MENTS ON THE OLD GERMAN He saw one formation swoop been delayed at Guam Island to SNEER THAT BRITAIN WAS down on, an objective. Others await the passing of the typhoon FIGHTING "TO THE LAST made off in other directions, pur-which is stationed directly east of FRENCHMAN." sued by Spitfires.
Miles Off Objective
the
Manila. It is expected, that the
Britain gave no answer to these Clipper will fly to Manila to- morrow but its arrival Wednesday sneers at that time, says afternoon in Hong Kong is pro-American paper, but to-day Bri- A resident in one of the areas blematical, depending upon the tain is giving the answer for all bombed said that the raiders met movement of the typhoon after it the world to read." ||with very heavy ack-ack fire and crosses the Philippines,
were hotly pursued by British] The "Philippine Clipper" which fighters,'
left Hong Kong August 16 Is in Private houses three miles away Manila and la also awaiting from one of the enemy objectives developments in the typhoon be- were hit..
ifare continuing its trip.
People in
shelter sang:
"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your PRESIDENT BOATS
[Old_Kitbag," and "Tipperary”.
both favourite songs of the last war as the noise. of the bombs and the anti-aircraft fire shatter- ed hopes of a Sunday afternoon nap. Reuter,
NAIROBI REPORTS ALL QUIET
NOW SPANISH
Alone in England, unafraid in England, they fight for France as well as Britain to the last Briton!-Router.
RICE MONOPOLY IN JAPAN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") State monopoly for the sale of (SPECIAL TO "CHINA-MAIL”) rico is expected to be inaugurated The American liners President throughout Japan. This year's Wilson and President Lincoln, crop prospects are fair and the Ipurchased recently in New York situation appears much less diffi-
than by a Spanish shipping firm, will cult
last year when' the make their first run on
the drought seriously decreased crops. Spanish-South America' service The Ministry of Agriculture will under the Spanish flag early in probably attempt to entirely con- Accommunique issued in Nairobi September. Tho two vesselatrol-the-market not only by huge- and dated Saturday, says there will trade between the Argentine monthly purchases of Japanese. was no activity by ground troops. and Spain, and their port of de- rico but also purchasing the Normal air reconnaissances wore'parture will be Cadiz. Each vos-Korean crop, according to the earried out. Reuter,
sel displaces 14,000 tons.-Havas. "Miyako Shimbun.” Havas,